Unicode Character "␉" (U+2409)

The character ␉ (Symbol For Horizontal Tabulation) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+2409. It is encoded in the Control Pictures block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 1.1 (June, 1993). It is HTML encoded as ␉.

Main Unicode Properties

Name Symbol For Horizontal Tabulation
Unicode Codepoint U+2409
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block Control Pictures
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Other Neutral (ON)
Is mirrored? No

Other Unicode Data

Category Other Symbol
Script Code for undetermined script
Combining Class Not Reordered

U+2409 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ␉
HTML (hex) ␉
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%90%89
CSS \002409
JavaScript, JSON \u2409
C, C++, Java \u2409
Python \u2409
Rust \u{2409}
Ruby \u2409

How to type "␉"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 4 0 9. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 4 0 9. Release Alt.

Preview

  • ␉
    Times, Times New Roman, serif
  • ␉
    Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif
  • ␉
    Courier, Courier New, monospace

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x90 0x89
UTF-16 (hex) 0x2409
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00002409

References